ATROPHY - SOCIALIZED HATE
WHY WON'T YOU LISTEN?
One of the lesser known bands on the Roadrunner Records label was the Arizona thrashers Atrophy. They debuted in 1988 with this album titled Socialized Hate. Atrophy was a typical band on the label. Playing a hectic type of thrash metal with lots of crunch. Brian Zimmerman sounds a bit like Schmier of Destruction but without that thick German accent. Socialized Hate was a quite strange creation, It's so frenetic that it almost sounds like your typical German release.Think Exumer or Destruction.
Soundwise it has some similarities with another Arizona band, namely Flotsam and Jetsam and their debut album Doomsday for the deceiver but as said before with completely different vocalist. The rhytmic and oh so crunchy guitar play by Rick Skowron and Chris Lykins is simply brilliant.
Socialized Hate is absolutely worth checking out, it might not be the most famous or the most 'easy to get into' thrash album but this is just so god damn infectious.
If these guys had been from the Bay Area they would certainly have received more attention but who cares about that, they are delivering high qualitative thrash and that's all the matters, don't miss out on this one, because Socialized Hate is an underground classic.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Roadracer Records Year: 1988 Country: U.S.A. Duration: 38:35 Tracks: 10 Genre: Thrash Metal Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 4.5/5 | ||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | |
| Brian Zimmerman - Vocals Rick Skowron - Guitars Chris Lykins - Guitars James Gulotta - Bass Tim Kelly - Drums |
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